How much can a president impact the economy? And what role does the president really play in the economy’s health? Whose fault is it? I reached out to Michael Kofoed, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, ... 05/21/2024 - 4:02 pm | View Link
The US economy is headed for a hard landing this year, and deep rate cuts are the only solution, Citi chief economist says While most experts are uncertain how many rate cuts will come in 2024, Citi's chief US economist is out on a limb predicting four. 05/21/2024 - 7:12 am | View Link
Fascist Trump Winks at Nazis With “Unified Reich” Video The video promises a “unified reich” if Trump retakes the White House. You can probably take that threat seriously. 05/21/2024 - 2:25 am | View Link
The lesson of the great American boom In Europe, the three signs of spring have arrived: the bright flora, the endless days and the ambient sound of American voices. All are welcome. But the last is also an annual reminder of the spending ... 05/21/2024 - 12:08 am | View Link
China is trying to end its ‘epic’ property crisis. The hard work is just beginning Beijing has launched its most ambitious plan yet to rescue its property market, a development that investors have eagerly anticipated for months. But it’s far from certain that the measures will work. 05/20/2024 - 11:15 pm | View Link
When Leonard Rubenstein saw the news on Monday that International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders for alleged war crimes, he was struck by what he considered to be a glaring oversight: The charges made no mention of the well-documented, devastating Israeli military attacks against Palestinian health workers and facilities.
“It’s been so devastating in Gaza,” Rubenstein told Mother Jones, “and it’s never been the subject of a specific international prosecution.”
As founder of Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition, Rubenstein has brought together more than 40 organizations to raise awareness about attacks on health care in conflict zones and increase the documentation and accountability of those attacks.
COLUMBIA, S. C. — Nikki Haley said Wednesday that she will be voting for Donald Trump in the general election, encouraging the presumptive GOP nominee to work hard to win support from those who backed her in the primary.
“I will be voting for Trump,” Haley, Trump’s former U. N. ambassador, said during an event at the Hudson Institute in Washington.
But Haley also made it clear that she feels Trump has work to do to win over voters who supported her during the course of the primary campaign, and continue to cast votes for her in ongoing primary contests.
“Having said that, I stand by what I said in my suspension speech,” Haley added.
Washington — The Republican National Committee’s Washington headquarters was briefly evacuated on Wednesday as police investigated two vials of blood that had been addressed to former President Donald Trump following the presumptive presidential nominee’s takeover of the national party apparatus.
Hazardous-materials teams were called in after the vials were discovered, according to the U.
As The Daily Beast explains, Thompson is a relatively unknown pastor who has nonetheless made a name for himself by attacking teachers, school boards and public education, itself.
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Thompson already tipped the scales of the Temecula Valley Unified School District in 2022, helping to give three new right-leaning board members a majority.
There's a whole new faux outrage going on from the right. What are they mad at now? I'm glad you asked. It all started with a Truth Social post from Lumpy claiming that "Joe Biden's DOJ" authorized the FBI to use deadly force during the raid at Mar-a-Lago.
"WOW! I just came out of the Biden Witch Hunt Trial in Manhattan, the "Icebox," and was shown Reports that Crooked Joe Biden's DOJ, in their Illegal and UnConstitutional Raid of Mar-a-Lago, AUTHORIZED THE FBI TO USE DEADLY (LETHAL) FORCE," Captain Caps Lock wrote.
“Special counsel David Weiss plans to introduce Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop as evidence against him at his upcoming trial on felony gun charges,” CNN reports.
“The laptop is at the center of a yearslong legal and political saga, dating to the 2020 election. Republican officials and right-wing outlets have seized on the laptop’s embarrassing emails and images to attack Biden, the son of President Joe Biden.